Folding desk.



J. SPOLJAR. FOLDING DESK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.28, 1909.

Patented June 8, 1909.

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JOHN SPOLJAR, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FOLDING DESK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Application filed January 28, 1909. Serial No. 474,651.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SPoLJAR, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FoldingDesks, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to folding desks, and the object of the inventionis to provide a desk with folding legs, and a folding pigeon holecompartment, together with means for locking said legs in a closedposition, and means for locking the pigeon hole compartment in an openposition.

I attain the above object by a structure that will be hereinafterdescribed and then particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a desk constructed inaccordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, Fig. 3is a bottom plan of the desk showing in dotted lines the legs orsupports in a closed position, Fig. 4 is arear elevation of the deskfolded, and Fig. 5 is an end view of the same.

In the accompanying drawings 1 and 2 designate two parallel boardsconnected by end boards 3, a front board 4, and a rear board 5, theseboards forming a box like structure, with the top board 2 of a largerarea than the bottom board 1, and serving functionally as the desk top.The boards 4 and 5 are of a greater depth than the end boards 3, toshield legs or supports 6 when folded upon the board 1. The legs orsupports 6 are hinged to the board 1, as at 7, and are adapted to foldinwardly upon the board. To retain the legs in a vertical or openposition, the upper hinged ends of the legs 6 are connected by braces 8,and the upper edges of these braces, intermediate the ends thereof, areprovided with horizontal hooks 9 adapted to be engaged by pivotedlatches 10, carried by the lower edges of the plates 3 intermediate theends thereof.

To hold the legs or supports 6 in a folded position, the lower edge ofthe plate 5 is cut away, as at 11, and provided with pivoted clips 12,adapted to swing inwardly and engage the rear legs or supports, as bestshown in dotted lines of Fig. 3.

The front board 4 is cut away, to provide a drawer opening 13 for adrawer 14 adapted to slide upon the bottom board 1.. The head 15 of thedrawer 14 is provided with a hasp 16, adapted to engage in a keeper 17,carried by the front board 4, said hasp and keeper being employed toretain the drawer in a closed position, and these two elements are of aconvenient form resembling the oriiinlary and well known trunk andvalise Connected to the top plate 2 adjacent to the rear edge thereof byhinges 18, is a pigeon hole compartment 19, adapted to fold upon theplate 2, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. To hold the pigeon hole compartmentin a vertical position, the rear plate 5 is provided with a pivotedlatch 20 adapted to engage a pin 21 carried by the rear side of thepigeon hole compartment 19, said latch and pin being arrangedintermediate the ends of the plate 5 and the compartment 19.

It is thought that the manner of folding the desk will be readilyunderstood, without further description and while in the drawingsforming a part of this a plication there is illustrated a preferred emodiment of my.

invention, I would have it understood that the details of constructioncan be varied or changedas to the shape, roportion and manner ofassemblage without departing from the spirit of the invention as definedin the appended claim.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, is

A folding desk, comprising parallel top and bottom boards, end boardsconnecting said top and bottom boards, front and rear boards connectingsaid top and bottom boards and said end boards, said front and rearboards being of a greater depth than said end boards, legs hinged tosaid bottom board at the ends thereof and adapted to fold inwardly uponsaid bottom board, braces connecting the upper ends of said legs, meansfor locking said braces in engagement with said end boards, a igeon holecompartment hinged upon sald top board and adapted to fold over thereon,a i In testimony whereof I allix my signature latch earned by said rearboard for mainin the presence of two Witnesses. taming said pigeon holecompartment 1n an upright position, and means carried by the JOHNSPOLJAR" 5 lower edges of said rear board for maintain- Witnesses:

ing said legs in a folded position upon said ERNEST Rlss,

bottom board, substantially as described. LEOPOLD BUXBAUM.

